Monday 6 August 2012

Day 4 - Briancon


We woke up a bit earlier today then previous days. Weather forecast weren't that impressive, so we thought to beat the system by leaving a half to an hour earlier ... In the beginning our approach seemed to work. We had a lovely sunshine when looking out of the balcony :


So we took a quick breakfast, loaded the bikes and took of. We left Tignes and drove thru Val d'Isere (see picture below) to attack the Col d'Iseran.


It was a fabulous mountain to climb, leading us up to +/- 2500 m of altitude. Not so far away from the top, we had a table that gave us a full view on the surrounding mountains. Have a look:




Fantastic - isn't it. We were able to cross the Col d'Iseran in good conditions. And that was about it for the day. Our planned that started so well in the beginning of the day, didn't seem to be "waterproof" ...

Meaning, when going down the Col d'Iseran the rain started to drop slowly but surely. We climbed down to Modane to take a quick lunch. Rain continued to come down. And we still had to go over the Col du Galibier. So that's what we did indeed in the end - rain trashing down and turning into hail at times, fog coming in, temperature going below 10 degrees, goats crossing the roads all of a sudden, etc. We managed to cross the Galibier safely, and arrived at 16h in our hotel in Briancon. A good shower, some Mojito and Havana restored our mindsets :) So we gave the bikes a quick freshen up sessions to rinse down the dust and all the mud that they collected during the latest 2 days.

Weather conditions for tomorrow are looking good. No rain ... bikes are shiny again, ready for another 130 kms. No straight roads ahead of us. Only turns going from left to right to left to right to ... :) So let's see what tomorrow gives.

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